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Topics: Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Arsenal, Champions League, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Fan Reactions
Chris Byfield
Topics: Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Arsenal, Champions League, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Fan Reactions
Tottenham take on Manchester City on Tuesday in a game that could inadvertently give Arsenal the chance to claim a first Premier League title in 20 years.
A win or a draw for Tottenham against Pep Guardiola’s men would see north London rivals Arsenal cement themselves at the Premier League summit with just a game to go.
Mikel Arteta’s men currently hold a one-point advantage at the top of the table but have played a game more than City, who will become league leaders with a win on Tuesday, with just one game remaining.
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Spurs, meanwhile, are looking to usurp Aston Villa and claim a Champions League place.
It has left a contingent of Spurs fans with mixed feelings heading into their final home game of the campaign, with several regular match-goers seemingly having made their tickets available for exchange.
While sharing a video displaying several available seats at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, one person on X said: “If anyone needs an indication of how the match-going fanbase feels about the game tomorrow night, here's a look at the ticket exchange... Going to be a strange old night in the ground.”
A person responded: “I’m thinking we go and sit front row so we can rub Haaland’s head after he scores.”
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A second said: “City will think it is a home game half empty and all supporting City.”
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou made his views clear on the prospect of Tottenham fans wanting City to win the game.
"I understand rivalry. I was part of one of the biggest ones in the world in the last couple of years with Celtic and Rangers," the Spurs boss said.
"But I've never, and will never, understand if someone wants their own team to lose. That's not what sport is about. It's not what I love about the game."
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He added that "100% of Spurs supporters" want his side to beat City but acknowledged that "people are allowed to feel the way they do".
The 58-year-old added that he had not "lived [his] life" taking "pleasure from other people's misery".
He added: "Real success looks like trophies. Anything else in between, bragging rights, whatever, it is absolutely meaningless to me.
"What do you think is going to happen? What do you think we are going to do as a team, or any team on this planet? Aren't we going to just try to win? It's a simple premise. How that makes people feel, I'm not really fussed and I don't really care."